#ect

As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design. ↗

— Gianfranco Ferre

#design #express #flat #forms #i

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be. ↗

— Norman Foster

#any #certain #closer #control #could

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#aspects #bend #clearly #distill #down

Desire creates its own object. ↗

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

#desire #object #own

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#benefit #constructive #constructive criticism #criticism #desire

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#big fan #eastern #electronic #elements #experimental

Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#eric #happen #talent #waiting

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#art #balance #calming #depressing #devoid

When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of it, I just totally lost interest. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#came #changed #decisions #i #interest

If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd. ↗

— Richard Petty

#guys #other #people #personalities #respect